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Passing of Pope Francis leads to conclave

Catholic faithful and millions of followers around the world are mourning the April 21 death of Argentine-born Pope Francis. He was 88. The Vatican revealed a stroke and irreversible heart failure were what caused his passing, though he had been hospitalized for what became double pneumonia.

He was the Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 until his death this month.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he c…

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